The effect of eye massage and nature sounds on children’s blood pressure during dental anesthesia as a parameter for dental anxiety: A Randomized Clinical Trial | ||||
| Ain Shams Dental Journal | ||||
| Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2025, Page 252-259 PDF (1.11 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Consort randomized clinical trials (RCT) | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/asdj.2024.322759.1533 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Dajma Abed 1; Nada Bshara 2; dania abed3; mohannad laflouf 4; jamila bchara  4
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| 1Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus University | ||||
| 2Department of pediatric dentistry, faculty of dentistry, Damascus university. Damascus, Syria | ||||
| 3faculty of Dentistry, international university for science and technology | ||||
| 4department of pediatric dentistry, faculty of Dentistry, Damascus university. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Aim: Anxiety is one of the main problems encountered in pediatric dentistry that directly affect children’s behavior and cooperation during dental procedures. Dental anesthesia is known to be the most stressful inducing procedure for children. Anxiety usually triggers the sympathetic systems leading to an increase in blood pressure and pulse rate. Studies have shown the efficacy of massage intervention in reducing anxiety by shifting the response from a sympathetic response to a parasympathetic one. Thus, this study evaluates the effect of eye massage device and nature sounds on children’s blood pressure during dental anesthesia. Materials and methods: 70 children aged between 8 and 10 years whose dental treatment required an IANB injection participated in this randomized controlled clinical trial. They were randomly divided into two groups: Group A: eye massage with natural sounds, and Group B: (control group): traditional behavior management techniques. Changes in children’s blood pressure was used as a physiological scale and a biomarker for anxiety and was measured two times at rest and after receiving dental injection using a digital blood pressure monitor. Results: diastolic and systolic blood pressure significantly decreased in group A compared with the control group (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Eye massage and natural sounds can effectively reduce children’s blood pressure during dental anesthesia indicating a reduction in anxiety, with the two interventions combined having the best relaxation effect on children. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| dental anxiety; dental anesthesia; massage; nature-based intervention | ||||
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